If you are not Muslim, and you happened, by some misfortune, to be living in place ruled by sharia, you want to be at least either Christian or Jew. ..…

Topics Muslims and Islam, Religion and Society, Religious Affiliation, Religion and Government, Religious Beliefs and Practices, Restrictions on Religion, Muslim-Western Relations. ..…

By screening and certifying all of those who wanted to preach on local, In February, the Supreme Islamic Council would ensure that Islamic scholars adhere to the acceptable principles of Islam media.38 In addition, early in 2016, President Yahya Jammeh issued decree that required..…

They have targeted those who criticize the government on media, publish material they deem as offensive to Islam, promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, or support other political causes they oppose. ..…

The penal code prohibits public statements that are contrary to government policy and Islam, threaten the public order, or are libelous. ..…

Beginning in 2004, Yemeni government sought to destroy militia of Zaydis, sect within Shiite of Islam, in the northern part of the country that had coalesced around the leadership of politician and leader, Hussein al- Houthi. ..…

Members and supporters of the ruling Awami League party have exploited this rule to file numerous complaints alleging that online speech has defamed or prejudiced the prime minister, other government officials, or the ruling party. . For example, on August 27, 2016, Rashedul Islam Raju,..…

At least two individuals accused of atheism were sentenced to death in 2015: one man in February for renouncing Islam and desecrating a Quran, and Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet, in November for apostasy.24 . Government versus social harassment of groups . Members of some religious groups..…

When critics of Islam (and religion as a whole) dare to state their beliefs publicly, both hard-line Muslims and government officials believe they should be arrested, jailed, or executed for it. ..…

As if actual criticism of Islam deserves the death penalty. As if it’s okay for the government to kill people who dare to question religious beliefs… as long as the person actually said it. . ..…

Political values: Government regulation, environment, immigration, race, views of Islam . The public remains divided over government regulation of business. While 45% say regulation is necessary to protect the public interest, about as many (48%) say government regulation of..…

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Bluffing its way through citing Islamic Sharia, al-Qaeda Takfiri group has for while been acting under the auspices of Israeli in attempt to bring down Syrian government even at the cost of uniting with Muslim sworn enemy, Zionist regime.. Being home to Islam's third holiest site, al-Aqsa..…

The men face the penalty for following interpretation of Islam than the one sanctioned by the government. ..…

In the 1980s the Mitterrand government reached out to private Muslim organizations about some sort of pact regarding Islam and the principles of laicity, and such an agreement was reached in 2000. ... But the Hollande government is committed to reducing and monitoring those ties..…

The first fire took place on June 21 at College Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church Knoxville, Tenn.  According to WATE-TV, stacks of hay and soil were placed against the church doors and set ablaze.. ..…

Views of Government’s Handling of Terrorism Fall to Post-9/11 Low . Little change in views of relationship between Islam and violence . ... But other attitudes relating to terrorism and security, as well as perceptions of whether Islam is more likely than other religions to..…

They are sect founded in British India ago as attempt to strengthen Islam against Western and Hindu inroads. Pakistani government has been hostile to Ahmadis since the independence outlawed members of this group by in 1974... ..…

WASHINGTON - Iranian-trained operatives have crossed into southern Iraq Karbala and Basra to promote Shiite clerics and advance Iranian interests, according to defense and other U.S government officials.. ..…

Rumsfeld played down yesterday that Shiite Muslims would rise while once again warning Iran not to in the creation of Baghdad.. ..…

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Recently, John Esposito, a distinguished historian of Islam in contemporary America, observed, “Muslims are led to wonder: What are the limits of this Western pluralism?” ... While focusing on Jefferson’s views of Islam, Muslims, and the Islamic world, it also analyzes the..…

Under Amendment 8, he said, government money could end up going to churches with controversial positions for and against Islam and for and against homosexuality. ..…

For their part, members of the government rushed to reassure the country’s powerful ulama—the religious leadership, which adheres to the puritanical branch of Hanbali Islam known in the West as Wahhabism—that the new women members of the Shura would not mix with the men. ..…

In some instances, the government sends people who practice “deviant” forms of Islam to religious “rehabilitation” centers. ... In June 2009, the government also detained 40 people suspected of being members of the Salafi school of Islam, which the..…

It's U.S government that has pursued war against the people of Islam, not the other way around--and not because of religion, except because predominantly Arab and Muslim countries occupy areas of the world that are the source of capitalism's most resource oil.. ..…

It did so—in the words of advice from the Kremlin—by “forgetting communism, abandoning socialism, embracing Islam, and working with the tribes.” As with every other regime in modern Afghan history, the Najibullah government could not have existed without external subsidy. ..…

In 1992, the Uzbek government had begun to use the term “Wahhabi” for anyone who was perceived to be an adherent of radical Islam or who held anti-government sentiments as part of his Islamic beliefs. Five years later, the government was labelling as Wahhabis even..…

Despised for being both ethnically religiously different, Rohingya Muslims are considered by Burma's military and many of Buddhist population as outsiders illegally residing in the country with the goal of spreading Islam across the land.. In so doing, the insurgents handed the government,..…

This week, at the cost of hundreds of Mehdi army militiamen and dozens of Iraqi government soldiers, Iraqi forces secured the most sacred site Shia Islam, Imam Ali Mosque Najaf. where Iraqi government did not exercise control, then the goal of both United States and Iraqi Prime..…

Internally displaced children pull branches used for heating inside refugee camp in the town of Salqin, Idlib Province, Syria, January 17, 2016 De Mistura had reiterated that the fresh round of talks will be -- as declared before -- in form of proximity talks with no direct meetings planned between the..…

Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan Iran's minister says despite Western countries propaganda, Syrian forces have never used chemical weapons against terrorists. ..…